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US 12,622,422 B2Granted
Spinning reel for fishing
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorKoji Ochiai
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Abstract
A spinning reel for fishing includes a spool shaft movable in the reel body, a spool including a bobbin trunk onto which fishing line is capable of being wound and rotatably supported by the spool shaft, and a first drag mechanism having a first drag washer disposed in the forward direction forward of the bobbin trunk and configured to brake the rotation of the spool.
Claims6
A spinning reel for fishing that has a reel body and configured to cast fishing line in a forward direction, comprising:
- a spool shaft configured to be movable in the reel body;
- a spool having a bobbin trunk around which fishing line is capable of being wound and rotatably supported by the spool shaft;
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- a first drag mechanism having a first drag washer disposed forward of the bobbin trunk and configured to brake rotation of the spool, at least a portion of the first drag washer being disposed radially farther from the spool shaft than a surface of the bobbin trunk on which the fishing line is to be wound.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.